Fredonia Arkansas Map

About Fredonia, Arkansas

Fredonia is a locality in Prairie County, Arkansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 135. The population density is 79.6 people per km². Fredonia is located at 34.8194°N, 91.4101°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 72017.

Fredonia marks the landscape with a quiet, persistent presence, defined by the low, flat expanses of the surrounding bottomlands and the dense thickets of hardwood that define the regional horizon. It lies 35.0 miles south-southeast of Searcy, AR (from Searcy, AR: bearing 148°T), and is situated 13.1 miles west-southwest of Brinkley. The earth here holds a damp, dark fertility, shifting underfoot as one nears the banks of Maloy Bayou, where the water moves with a sluggish, deliberate grace. Beyond the immediate reach of the creek, the land rises only slightly toward the distant silhouette of Little Hill, providing a modest anchor in an otherwise expansive, level terrain. During the humid peak of summer, the air thickens with the scent of damp soil and ancient growth, while the light at dusk turns a bruised, heavy gold that catches on the leaves of the canopy.

Fredonia occupies a space deeply informed by the ecological rhythms of the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge, which blankets the immediate geography and dictates the slow, seasonal pulse of life here. The local economy remains tethered to the cycles of the land, with agriculture and forestry shaping the daily labor of those who reside in the quiet corridors of the settlement. History in Fredonia is not found in grand monuments, but in the enduring patterns of the families who have long worked the silt-rich soil, and in the proximity of Old River Lake, a steady, reflective mirror for the sky that sits just a short distance away. Life here maintains a deliberate pace, moving in harmony with the migrations of birds through the refuge and the steady, quiet expansion of the woods that claim the edges of every field.

About This Fredonia Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Fredonia, Arkansas. Coordinates: 34.8194, -91.4101. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Fredonia includes the ZIP code (72017), telephone area code (870), county seat of Prairie County (Des Arc), and school district assignment.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.